distancer — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A person who tends to maintain emotional distance and detachment.

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   Coordinate term: pursuer

   Pursuers are more likely than distancers to seek help from a professional, such as a physician.

2. A means for establishing physical or emotional distance.

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   The band’s third album, “When the World Comes Down,” isn’t striking obscure poses, inventing slang or playing with the audience through distancers like tension and distortion.

Noun

1. A long-distance runner.

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   • Dated

   Synonyms

   long distancer

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   Phillips was one of a field of a dozen distancers who started in the twomile handicap run which featured the games of the Friend's of Irish Freedom at Ulmer Park, Brooklyn.